No Insurance = Death: We've Got a Theme Going Here ...

Just put up my post about the American Cancer Society's new hip video, which took me to the post I wrote last fall about how the ACS was putting all of its ad dollars into a campaign to address the lack of health insurance coverage in this country.

Last September, The New York Times had this quote from the society’s chief executive, John Seffrin, that should get everyone's attention. He says, unless the health care system is fixed, “lack of access [to quality health care] will be a bigger cancer killer than tobacco.”

And then there's yesterday's post:

Dying Without Health Insurance

A couple of parts are worth repeating:

The Urban Institute estimated that at least 22,000 adults between the ages of 25 and 64 died in 2006 because they did not have health insurance.

Families USA estimates that one working-age Washingtonian dies each day due to lack of health insurance (approximately 380 people in 2006).

Do you know any of those 380 people who died in Washington? If so, please send me their stories.

@ Jeanne Sather 2008.

Comments

[Jen]

They would have been no better and perhpas worse off in Canada. I can say this, as I am Canadian and the system is failing me, badly. Going without necessary and much needed healthcare. So, much for paying high taxes. Thanks Canada!